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This book for all ages offers a glimpse into the wide and interesting life of the author's mother. She showed us how to live life when one is older, embracing new adventures and laying others aside. She showed us how an animal could add a new dimension to one's life. She loved being around people, yet she would never write a book about her life. But the author felt certain that her story will encourage others. Although she has left us now, Ritch is still here!About the AuthorDonald (Donny) N. Roberson, Jr. is currently an Associate Professor at Palacky University in the Czech Republic. He also has worked with college students with one Christian student organization called CRU. Although growing up in south Georgia, he has lived all over the United States as well as spending several years in Europe, mainly in Croatia and Czech Republic. His research interest involves personal education, aging, physical activity, travel, and tourism. He resides mainly in Berrien County, Nashville, and Georgia.

Tickle Breeches is an easy read "nutshell" narrative of a young man called Tickle Breeches. The story unfolds in the 1900s in the Mississippi Delta. Learning to face life without the guidance of parents made life difficult for Tickle Breeches. Learn how he came by the name "Tickle Breeches" and also the name "Knox Williams." Take a quick glimpse into this young man's life and see how life shaped and molded him into such an interesting character. Many obstacles were faced because of his ignorance of basic things in life. This story is based on facts and fiction. Tickle Breeches never learned to read or write, which made life very difficult. Traveling down the road of hard knocks caused Knox to endure sadness, bitterness, heartache and much pain. You will either weep for him or despise him after reading his story. About the AuthorHelen Jefferson Howard is a narrative "nutshell" writer born in Dublin, Mississippi. Her favorite pastime is observing people and writing what she has observed. People are fascinating to her, especially kinfolk. Her "nutshell" stories are very interesting and relatable. Helen is mother to one daughter and four grown sons. She is still married to her childhood sweetheart. Helen has been a resident of San Diego, California, since 1966. She is a retired baker and daycare provider. Her books are designed for lazy readers who have a short attention span or limited time. She gets right to the point in her writings. So relax and enjoy the life story of Tickles Breeches (Knox Williams).

Evolutionary Revelation reveals new truth and wisdom for modern day people of the world regarding apocalyptic events. There is a God and a new method of pragmatic proof on Earth. Life is a journey. Think positively, and believe. God bless and save this Earth. Esparanze, hope, The Remedio. Grazie. Life is a God-given gift; respect it. Smile and read this book. It will give you answers and reveal many mysterys.About the AuthorAuthor, Lucia, was, and is, spiritually inspired to write Evolutionary Revelation. She is from New Jersey, born and raised from Italian parents and heritage. She cooks her recipes from her mother's teachings and loves to dance to Latin music and listen to Italian songs. She also lived in New York. A great city. She has her cosmetology license in two states and enjoys people, laughter, and the fine arts. She's worked in the hotel-casino business where she met many celebrities. Now, Lucia is a parapsychologist driven to help humanity. She learned a lot and is always learning, about life and people. The beaches of this Earth are a passion. Ethnic restaurants and all of God's creatures fascinate her.

Billie-Jo: Collection of Poetry includes stories of family life, humor, and loss. These poems also tackle prejudice, betrayal, and uncertainty. Author Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney also writes about her family and loved ones in her poetry, as well as extended family members. She lost her youngest brother due to choices he made and his story is included within these poems. The author loves to talk to people and this is how she learns more about the world in which we live. About the Author Author Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney is a biracial woman and a stay-at-home mother of two teenage daughters. She grew up in central New Jersey, but moved around a lot growing up. She has been married to her husband, Judd, for 24 years. Writing is something Billie-Jo has loved doing since she was a young girl. She began writing poetry about seven years ago. She writes about everything she comes into touch with throughout life. It's her way of purging her past and talking about important social issues. In her free time, Billie-Jo likes to read and considers herself a psychic and deep thinker. Billie-Jo: Collection of Poetry is her first book.

Everyone eats but how, when and where we eat makes a difference; thus a moonlight picnic is a heck of a lot more fun than a formal dinner with people who mean nothing to you. Or a cherished seasonal food eaten in the long vanished childhood past will acquire a magical aura with the distance of time. Moonlight Madness and Picnics is about food, memories and sharing food with family and friends without whose sharing food is merely a necessary chore. The recipes are shared in the spirit of offering something precious and highly personal as they are nuggets of history - ingredients, techniques and rituals - that brought them into existence. Whether you like a PB&J or a five course organic dinner, the author hopes that you will find something to enjoy and savor in these stories. About the AuthorManjari Chatterji was born in India in a highly educated home with loving family and friends who feature in her work. Inspiration came from her sister's writing and many talents. She has spent most of her adult years in the States and taught English for over thirty years. Her husband's work and research pursuits brought the family to Wisconsin where her two daughters grew up and where her two grandsons love to spend their summer holidays. Her son-in-law is an economist, one daughter is a classical musician and the other daughter is a lawyer; thus conversation in the home is lively and entertainment enough. Like many immigrant families, the Chatterjis have made mistakes and suffered hardship, but also have shared good times and joy. Manjari loves to garden with perennials and hardy Midwestern natives. She tries to apply the philosophy of sustainability in all aspects of life.

A Jamaican Family's Saga 2 is a continuation and climax of A Jamaican Family's Saga, the original work by Leonard Archie Wilson, a fictionalized biography of the life of Althea Ulrica Richardson, his actual mother. The matriarch is portrayed by Ulrica Richards, from her birth to her death. The story resurrects a true incident in the life of Althea. In the 1940s in Jamaica, her youngest brother, Real, was either murdered or accidentally devoured by sharks off the coast of the island. In the fictionalized account, one of her sons and his wife pull off a Macmillan and Wife style investigation to almost solve this seventy-two-year-old mystery. About the AuthorThis work is the second and final book in this series about a Jamaican family. It is, however, his third book. The second book, Poof, is in print but is not part of the series. Leonard Archie Wilson started writing late in life. Forty-nine years of his life were spent making and repairing jewelry. Thirty-four of those years in Pennsylvania in his own store.

Alexander L. T. LeBlanc has spent much of his youth in the forests of Pennsylvania; it is there that he learned the value in observing and listening. In his works he draws inspiration and ideas from all around him to craft stories to entertain the reader with dreams and inspire a thought in one's mind. Tales of the Forest aims to offer ideas and conceptive thoughts to the minds of the reader, while inviting them to a world for them to explore and imagine. Stories range from a caterpillar who finds the courage to face the future, a Scorpion who abandons his hate for a new start in life, to a Beggar who finds something more valuable than gold or gems. Within these pages you can find an inviting new world that welcomes any traveler or seeker of the fantastic. A familiar setting with a touch of magic is granted as you wander through this forest and experience the life that dwells within the wood. Thank you for your curiosity. Now allow us repay you with some tales from the forest.About the AuthorAlexander L. T. LeBlanc is a graduate of college who left his Pennsylvanian home with nothing but a tank of gas, a laptop, and a head full of dreams that's been wired awake with energy drinks. He moved to Florida where he not only touched down in unknown territory for him, but also finally had the time and resources to do what he dreamed of throughout his school year; create stories. And after delivering a promise to a young child in Utah he was able to hit the stride to create his first book Tales of the Forest. Having a fascination for the vintage and aesthetics of the old, LeBlanc found inspirational help for his first book from a Greek storyteller and his fables.

Hungry for love, a tribe beats their fists. While spirits call for mercy, the distant desert shines upon a figure in hostile cooperation and the dreamtime begins! A stunning example of how Aboriginal culture exists from past to present. This worry that has appeared since colonization is now a story we can appreciate. William Lloyd's poetry is altogether a system that appeals to anyone. Being white and standing up for a lost culture, beginning with the law of the land, we see apartheid broken and a new look at this sophisticated tribe.About the AuthorWilliam Lloyd is a passionate poet at heart. From an early age he has used poetry to express and identify social issues. Matching the Picture is the latest collection published by William Lloyd. Other works include One Lover and Kids' Politics.

Songs of the Spirit: Darkness and Light is a collection of reflections in poetic form. As a person of the Christian faith, the author reflects on her experiences and faith as she ages, on the losses, pain, and anxiety of aging, as well as the power of God's Love and Light to lead us through the darkness and into the light of Love and Gratitude.About the AuthorBarbara J. Rautner was born in 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her BA in Psychology from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and then served as a short-term domestic missionary with the Methodist Church for two years, before earning her MSW at the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Rautner has worked as a psychiatric social worker for about twenty-six years in community mental health, outpatient, and inpatient care. She worked for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and for InterCare Psychiatric Services in Pittsburgh. .Ms. Rautner has always delighted in music, dancing, and swimming, and is now writing to share words of faith, guidance, and celebration. She is the author of To Walk with Thee: Songs of the Spirit, 2012, RoseDog Books, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lois'e Hall is an energetic writer with knowledge about what is written. Things can be learned through study or living through experiences. She has been a writer of many precepts of things around her such as commendation of entertainment events, party planning, business meetings, fashion shows, and other larger gatherings. Lois'e feels writing is an expression of the mind and, by doing so, the self-interactions not only of one's expressions but the clarity of their soul. When Lois'e writes a passage, theory, or book, her writings join with the other outer spaces to connect energetic reactions to the mind and hearts of others. About the AuthorLois'e Hall is a small-town, country girl with aspirations of becoming a great writer. She is an energetic mother of three generations of children. She loves outdoor living and watching movies, dancing, planting, and a variety of other activities. She would find it a thrill to have her work in the hands of many readers.

Princess Indigo and the Fraliens & Cyber-Rats & Pets is a fun, adventuresome story about Princess Indigo, who is not your typical princess. She is a totally awesome, out of this world, and beyond cool princess who does not like the "normal, blah-blah" princess stuff. She has just moved to Brooklyn, NY with Queen Mom where she meets a very different prince, Prince Figuro, in a most unusual way. Prince Figuro's evil stepmother, Queen Petra, who is from outer space, changes Prince Figuro into a "Fralien," an alien frog, when he forgets to clean his room! She changes his name to "Figgy" and banishes him to the Land of Fraliens with another family. Can Indigo save Prince Figuro, aka "Figgy," and change him back into a prince? Or will Queen Petra succeed with her evil plan?About the AuthorSarah A. Long graduated from New York University with a BA in Psychology, but has always loved writing and Graphic Design. So much so that she received her Graphic Design degree from Baruch College and continues to enjoy photography. She has five beautiful children, whom she also dedicates this book to, and lives next to the ocean. Sarah is presently working on a middle-grade series about Princess Indigo, the Fraliens, and many new characters including Queen Petra's Army of EVIL ALIENS - the EVILIENS - who want to take over the World, and let's just say NOT for the better!

The Persephone Theory is one of the most interesting stories to read and by far one of the best books to mix comedy with horror and history. The Persephone Theory begins with the Greek myth coming to life as the goddess of harvest and fertility, Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, is taken by her uncle Hades to live in the underworld to become its queen, but is allowed to live amongst the humans possessing the one called Persephone. This Persephone is argent to those who love and hate her, and make all who stand in her way pay with their own blood. Persephone, mad at existence, leaves her children behind to face their own demands and are granted everlasting life. The children of Persephone roam on Earth, daring any and everything to stop them or die trying. They leave the message that power is being abused, people are being used as puppets, and that life is an everlasting cycle of rebirth and vengeance. About the AuthorAuthor Namir Rashid Thompson has a lifelong love for writing. He places love into many ideas to create stories. His imagination brings him into worlds that allow him to not hold back any fears. The writing of Namir Rashid Thompson gives people their own point of view and allows readers to enter into a new world. Thompson has always had a love for making things up. He was told to one day write a book about his dreams.

Ejime and Onyishi were born identical, and quite brilliant, twins. Their birth process was witnessed by their helpless, impoverished father in their sitting room. The twins survived, but their mother died just a few minutes after giving birth to them. This tragedy could have been a mirror of their mother's nightmare a few nights before, in which she was in communication with her late father who laid a curse upon her. The pretty twins grew up motherless under the tutelage of their father, Chris, and a maid. Their excellent results in pure sciences in their final high school exams catapulted them into the limelight from obscurity. They secured double scholarships from the state and federal government to study Electronics/Computer Engineering and Medicine respectively, in Cambridge University, Massachusetts, USA. But, by the impulse of man's inhumanity to man, the influence of fate and what appeared like the "Ogbanje" spirit, wriggled out their ugly heads, and needed God's urgent intervention. In this direction, the awkwardness of man's wickedness to man dimmed a somewhat bright light. About the AuthorKeemholems Ojei is a Nigerian-born German author. He is an accountant by profession and has worked as a banker, car sales executive and an accountant in an oil servicing/construction company. His varied experiences, combined with his love for physics and pure mathematics, poetry and journalism, has polished his knack for writing. His hobbies remain writing, meeting, helping and advising people of all walks of life. He is the publisher of KSD Digest. Ojei has authored several books amongst which are: The Petrodollar Chieftains, International Conspiracy, The Narcodollar Chieftains, State Secret Codenamed: 'Beyond Salvage'. He is working on his upcoming novel, The Financial Chieftains.

Loaves and Fishes takes place in the biblical era along the sea shores. Enos watches the sun rise from his father's fishing boat every morning where he eagerly sits and waits to see what his father catches. One day Enos' father saves a good fish for their supper and his mother makes extra bread. Enos knows this can only mean one thing - they are going to take a trip! Little does he know what a big help he will be!About the AuthorJudy Bright-English is a full-time homemaker for her husband, four sons, and one daughter. She has been married for twenty years. Throughout her childhood her parents provided her with an endless supply of books and magazines to read and gave her her first typewriter when she was in third grade. From that moment on, she was determined to share her stories with the world and comments "I would never have been able to do this without God's grace or my parents."

Author Jerry Bulock grew up on a small farm in Northwest Lower Michigan. When chores were done, the author went to the woods to have some fun and, with two creeks and a river two miles away, it was easy to find someplace to play. Even in his youth, the author had a desire to write poems; sadly his early work was destroyed by fire. The author is now an old man of seventy-eight and is very satisfied to write of his friends, their past times, and the bikes they try to start. The author would like to thank the "fellas" who served with him in Seabee battalion 26 U.S. Navy.

Mookie is fascinated by seeing the snow coming down for the first time. His pal, Mikey, is more than happy to show Mookie how much fun it is to play in the snow. Follow along with Mookie and Mikey in the delightfully pages of Mookie's Winter Fun as the pair enjoys all the fun of the winter season. Mookie's Winter Fun is the ninth book of the Mookie children's series. The next book in the series is Mookie Gets a Valentine.About the AuthorConnie Zakowski has always enjoyed monkeys, especially baby chimpanzees. Though she never fulfilled her dream of owning one, her joy comes from creating stories about Mookie. Writing about Mookie's adventures keep her busy, but holding a baby chimp remains on Connie Zakowski's bucket list.

What Does it Mean? was written to work as an informant and/or support system. Everyone is alive, but there are things that prevent us from truly living. What does it mean to live to you? Do you consider yourself to be completely living? It takes precious time to achieve the happiness, health, and success that we aim for. To be completely honest, a lot of things are superficial in a way. The author may not have life fully figured out… but so far she has created many philosophies. Just come think with her, exploring her mind and your own. Unlock the unknown… About the AuthorCedria Scott was born and raised in Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh, she grew up with a family of: four brothers, one sister, and her father. Growing up without a mother was challenging, but writing poetry assisted her along the way. She began writing in middle school in a Shrek notebook. At the time, poetry was pure entertainment, but as she aged, it became more therapeutic. The more she wrote, the more she loved it. As her love for poetry grew, her love for math did as well. She always loved school and took it seriously. During elementary and middle school she would conduct an imaginary class every day after school to teach herself and to complete her homework. Her students were in her "classroom" all year round.Graduating from Brashear high school in 2017 in the top ten of her class was only the beginning. Due to her love for writing, math, and education, Cedria always knew she wanted to be a teacher. The decision for what subject to teach, was made in eighth grade. She was off to a powerful start. Currently, Cedria is a college sophomore furthering her education at The Pennsylvania State University where she is majoring in middle level math education. Aside from attending classes, she also works in the Pollock dining commons. After college, she plans on teaching eighth grade algebra in Maryland.

This book is a scathing critique of President Donald J. Trump, his administration and business associates and the policies and alleged corruption surrounding the Trump regime. It is a plea for the checks and balances system to work, the restoration of democratic institutions, respect for the rule of law, honor of the U.S. Constitution and redemption of the American spirit. About the AuthorDr. Ray C. Minor holds a Ph.D. in public policy and administration. He has held cabinet posts and executive offices in state government, nonprofit organizations and two liberal arts colleges. Dr. Minor grew up in Alabama in the 1950s and '60s during the turbulent times of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Minor's most recent book is Reflections on President Barack Obama (2018). He currently works for the Kettering foundation and resides in Dayton, Ohio.

Open History: Doors of Warwick, Oklahoma is about the history of the author's small hometown of Warwick, Oklahoma. Located on Route 66 and between the towns of Wellston and Chandler, Warwick, the biggest of the three towns back in the day, was a good town and the people were just as good.About the AuthorBobby Gunter likes to garden, can the produce he grows, and cook. He was raised in Warwick, Oklahoma, and wanted to share the history of the town and the stories his grandma used to tell. Gunter remains close to Warwick at his home between Wellston and Luther, Oklahoma. He welcomes people to visit Warwick and if he happens to be passing through at the same time, he'd love to stop and talk. Gunter would like to send thanks to Dora Campbell, "for our history."

Process of Elimination is about a young man who has suffered a terrible loss, one that has crippled him emotionally for months. In the book, he grieves and searches for a reason to resume his life, until he is seized by an idea that gives him a reason to face each day and the motivation to start living his life again: he is going to even the score. About the AuthorAuthor James Hughes has always enjoyed reading and writing. Growing up he especially enjoyed the writings of O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter). He liked the unique twists and surprise endings to his stories. While working as a career engineer, Hughes was required to write about the many military systems he worked on, but these were mostly factual accounts and reports about those systems. It was writing, but not the kind he had in mind. Process of Elimination was written over several years, starting first in Hughes' mind before he tried to put it all down in words. He would write for periods of time, let it lay for months, and then would again attempt to flesh out the story as new ideas and thoughts came to him to add to the narrative. In July of 2018, he decided that had said all he wanted to say in Process of Elimination, his attempt at an O. Henry-inspired story.

Have you ever read a historical book or story and wondered about some unwritten details? Kindergarten children quite often bombard author Virginia Mohler with questions about little-known facts after she reads them a story. Hector Saves the Day is the answer to some of questions asked by her students. Hector is a whimsical but very caring Hippopotamus who wants to help George Washington. The story relates historical facts about George Washington, his life, career, and his loss of teeth. Hector depends on the faithfulness of his good friend, Edgar the elephant, to carry out his last wishes. In this way, Hector saves George Washington's life. Virginia has told this story to her Kindergarten class for years. Now you can enjoy this beloved tale of Hector and his selfless gift to George Washington.About the AuthorAuthor Virginia Mohler discovered her passion for teaching even before her college graduation. She has taught students from Kindergarten through High School, but she found her love in the Kindergarten classroom. Virginia attended colleges in both Kentucky and Indiana where she received her bachelor's degree in elementary education. She began her teaching career in Ohio, but moved to Arizona shortly after marrying her childhood sweetheart, Jess Mohler. She continued her education in Arizona where she received endorsements in both Early Childhood Education and SEI. Virginia often tells new teachers that "teaching is the hardest job you will ever love." Virginia is presently a Kindergarten teacher at Vista Grove Preparatory Academy in Mesa, Arizona.

Portals is about a typical high school teenager with struggles. The novel takes place in the year 2060. Teenager Lou Sills has the same problems as teenagers today, but in a different time period. Lou is pestered by bullies in school. He gets interested in science in the past, present, and future. He follows a college professor who discovers wormholes. When Lou goes to a seminar at his high school on a weekend, Lou gets interrupted by bullies and suddenly gets thrown into a wild adventure through the wormhole. Fasten your seat belts on this wild ride through the universe with Lou and a few familiar and odd beings.About the AuthorMichael Lodico lives in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He is currently teaching sixth grade science in District 300 in Algonquin, Illinois. He has been teaching for 28 years. He currently lives alone with his two cats Raven and Nova. His interests are music, writing, science, painting, and movies. His best interests in science focus on animals and astronomy. As a kid growing up he was familiar with classic horror and science fiction movies. They have always been his favorites. Michael is a cancer survivor twice over and strives to live life to the fullest. He lives a vegan lifestyle and does his part to help the planet. He wishes love and peace to all beings.

Douglas Brewer likes to drink. He likes to drink a lot. In fact some would call him "an alcoholic." As a result, he doesn't drink anymore. However, while he was drinking a lot, life was really fun - as it sometimes is when your head is buried in the sand with a Coors Light in your right hand with a shot of Jameson in your left. This book is about how a person can actually look back fondly on behavior that was ultimately very self-destructive, but entertaining when happening. OK, enough about drinking. This book is a story about how Douglas experienced the fun, often sad and sometimes violent behavior of people from this part of town. Stoners, hipsters, man beards, and the occasional black demon squirrel. Mainly though, this book is about how mummified cats and drunken Westsiders mix more frequently than they should in conversations at the bar. Yep, wrapped up dead cats and drunk people. That's what you're about to read about. Enjoy.

Mike Shatto was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to two teenage parents, a child neither of them wanted. To this day, Shatto still does not know who his father is. He lived in a dysfunctional family with his mother and her boyfriend who would beat, belittle, and ridicule him on a regular basis. Shatto is living proof that there is hope, however. You are not hopeless and he can assure you that it gets better. Jesus is still in the business of turning water into wine.

Dorothy Thompson White has become an author at age eighty-two and said the reason she waited so long is because of the two wonderful husbands she married. The first one she dated for three years and married him after her high school graduation from Marion Co High in Guin, Alabama. He died twenty years later because of the many injuries he received from playing football throughout high school. This left White widowed at age thirty-nine. Three of her children married young. Then there was just one son who was only five. Six years later, Dorothy and her young son moved to Florence, Alabama, where she worked at a hospital as a diet clerk. Her son was then eleven, and Dorothy knew he would soon be gone and she would be all alone. So at age forty-five she placed an ad in a tabloid magazine and found the forty-eight-year-old love of her life. White believes this twenty chapter book is a must-read because he was the perfect husband to her and the perfect step-dad to her children. She went to Kentucky to live in his house there and learned that his great sense of humor made people laugh out loud.About the AuthorAuthor Dorothy Thompson White was born to write. Her high school English teacher gave her the perfect grade of one hundred on every theme she wrote and told her she needed to seek a career as a writer. However, she was engaged to marry her first husband and promised him she would after graduating from Marion Co High School in Guin, Alabama. White was also just as talented with a Broadway style singing voice. Many people begged her to go to New York City and become famous. Her new husband told her he would go to New York with her if she desired to, however, she said no, they would just stay there because he already had a good job and bought them a brand new house.

While playing in the backyard, the children notice a mysterious staircase suddenly appear. Climbing it, they discover rooms filled with treasures! Children will be excited while reading The Magic Staircase as they discover their hearts' desires as they open the mystery doors and find items they love!About the AuthorMarilyn Morrison has lived the majority of her life in the south, in Alabama and Mississippi. She earned a master's degree in sociology and one in counseling psychology. She spent most of her life as an elementary school counselor and is recently retired. This is her first book. According to Plato, "The beginning is the most important part…" and Morrison believes that investing time with young children can have an impact on the direction of their lives. Raising her own children, Morrison would frequently make up stories that would appeal to them. As a counselor she often tried to make her stories meaningful and moralistic, but occasionally would tell them a story that was just pure fun. One of them was "The Magic Staircase," which was told repeatedly through the years until she decided to write it down to share with other children. Morrison lives in Tupelo, Mississippi, with her husband, Morris, near her son, Lee, and is a frequent visitor to Greenville, South Carolina, where her daughter, Jenny, son-in-law, Kelly, and three grandchildren, Ella, David, and the latest addition, Andrew, have recently moved.

The Man on the Bus describes the journey of a white oceanographer into administrative positions at two historically black institutions of higher education. It tells the story of how a young man became motivated by his brother's death and by a chance encounter with a stranger (the man on the bus) to serve the under-served. This book describes the lessons that the young man learned as he transitioned from being a scientist to an academic administrator and deals with racial issues from the perspective of a white man who lives and works in a black person's world. The experiences of the man demonstrate that racial discrimination can and will occur any time there is one race that has power over another.About the Author Jim Mackin received his B.S. degree in Oceanography at the University of Michigan in 1977, and he went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1983. He became Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences at Stony Brook University in 1984, and then he was appointed to the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs in 1997. In 1998, Mackin was hired as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Stillman College, a private historically black college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He held this position until 2000, when he was named Dean of University College and Special Assistant to the President for Educational and Academic Development at Prairie View A&M University, a public historically black university. In his capacity as Special Assistant to the President, Mackin led the establishment of many programs that were designed to serve the underserved. Mackin has since held administrative positions at several other colleges and universities and is currently the Provost at SUNY Oneonta.

Amazing Things Your Planet Can Do is the story of the rocky planet Earth, its life, including you, and our big cosmic neighborhood. There are rocky planets and gas giant planets orbiting our Sun. There are thousands of asteroids and comets that orbit it too. This is our neighborhood in the universe. How our planet has evolved and continues to change is the story. Earth's oceans of water and air; its seasons, climates, and storms; and its life are described. What we know and what we don't know are noted. The tides are explained. Earth's rocky crust, liquid mantle, and magnetic core are in here. Volcanoes and super volcanoes are in this book too. So are ice ages. So are crashing asteroids. And so are you. About the AuthorWill Crowther is an aerospace and nuclear engineer who worked on solid fuel rocket motors, liquid fuel rocket engines, and the space shuttle Endeavour. He returned to school to study architecture. He has recently been an architectural designer and a construction project manager. He is now retired and writing. Will and his wife live in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. They have one son. Will also enjoys designing and making furniture, sculpture, and graphic art.

I wrote this book as a work to encourage readers or anyone whom I may encounter. My book embraces the feelings I experienced after I underwent a partial loss of my breast. I realized as I was crying, hurt and in self-pity, that I was not the only one with a physical scar and that there are some people with scars unseen that will never go away. I encourage them to "just live." Enjoy every day and enjoy life. My thought is that all tears will one day be wiped away.About the AuthorAuthor P.J. Hunt-Williams was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but was raised on the beaches of Brunswick, Georgia. Now a resident of Moore, Oklahoma, Hunt-Williams has been married forty-nine years, is a mother of four, and a grandmother of four. In her youth, Hunt-Williams was a professional singer, a Career Certified Hospital Chaplain, and a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. She is now a retired minister and motivational speaker encouraging her readers to believe that life can be fulfilling regardless of past pain and wounds.